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SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION MINUTES OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairperson Anthony, Commissioners Lloyd, Metzdorf, Sharp and Truscelli COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Berglund and Jordan STAFF PRESENT: Park & Recreation Superinendent Sally Hartman, Recreation Supervisor Mary Kucala, and Library Supervisor Val Hamilton GUESTS PRESENT: None Chairperson Anthony called the regular meeting of the Senior Affairs Commission to order at 9:00 a.m. at the Senior Center Annex, 711 Nevada Street, Redwood City, California. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the November meeting were approved as mailed. CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence. ITEM 1 - Vital Concerns of Seniors Survey Chairperson Anthony announced that 177 surveys were returned to the Veterans Memorial Senior Center and 27 from the Fair Oaks Senior Center as of January 12, 1993, with the majority of surveys returned from the 94061 zip code area. The surveys were distributed before Christmas and will continue to be accepted through the end of January. Commissioner Sharp volunteered to take some of the surveys home to tabulate them. Supervisor Kucala volunteered to design a tally sheet to be used in the tabulation process. ITEM 2 - Transportation Chairperson Anthony announced he has resigned from TRIPS and Tuesday night Bingo due to an overload of responsibilities from the numerous groups he is active with. He indicated the taxi program is now in operation throughout the County and operates the same as Redi-Wheels, which guarantees each participant 6 trips per month. Chairperson Anthony said some people cannot use the taxi service because of their severe disabilities. It costs .85c per taxi trip and is paid for by the individual . Each participant must be pre-qualified to be eligible for the taxi program and the Poplar Center in San Mateo handles the application process. The taxis can be used for any purpose and will also be available on weekends. It was mentioned the actual cost could go up to $1.70 per trip but SamTrans is trying to hold the cost at .85c. Chairperson Anthony noted Redwood City still does not have any taxi service at this time.